Biography
Elizabeth Callaghan was born on May 8th 1896 to parents Patrick Callaghan and Mary Jane Kelly at Nicholas Street, Dundalk.
In the 1901 census she is living with Mary Jane and is located at her grandparents dwelling No 11, Shields Court, Dundalk, Co Louth along with her siblings, Francis and Mary Ellen. Patrick is absent from the census, Mary Jane & the children are incorrectly listed as 'Carragher' on the 1901 census.
In the 1911 census Elizabeth is living in No 13, Shields Court, Dundalk, Co Louth with her parents and four siblings. Elizabeth is fourteen and is working in a Tobacco factory.
Shields Court no longer exists. It was one of three rows of tenement houses that once ran parallel to Patrick Street. Follow the link, the houses ran at 90 degrees to the back of the Bicycle Doctor shop. I have found a thesis titled an Oral History of Dundalk that gives some insight into the area and living conditions. There is also a map from 1900 showing Shields Court location.
At some point after 1911 and before 1919 the family moved to No. 5 York Street, as this is the address listed for Mary Jane on Francis death documents. I visited Dundalk last summer (2016) and took some photos, here is one of the dilapidated No.5 York Street, up for sale at the time.
Elizabeth was know as Lily, I believe she married a Thomas McDaid and lived her life in Northern Ireland. I've been unable to track down a marraige cert or death cert for Elizabeth.